1. Give your liver credit for being one of the hardest-working organs in your body, as it performs hundreds of functions. âI call it the Grand Central station of your body,â Dr. Decker says. In a nutshell, your liver processes anything you eat or drink, and either repackages it for your body to use or eliminates it.f youâre a healthy person, you might not think twice about your liver â and for good reason. âIf youâre healthy, youâre probably not even aware of what your liverâs doing,â says G. Anton Decker, MD, chief medical officer of Banner Medical Group and gastroenterologist in Phoenix.
Costa Rica is relatively small - 19,700 square miles (51,100 sq. km), ranking it 129th in worldwide landmass. Costa Rica's size is commonly compared to the state of West Virgina (24,231 sq. mi., 62,758 sq. km) and the European state of Denmark (16,629 sq. mi., 43,069 sq. km).
Name: Costa Rica (long form) RepÃºblica de Costa Rica; Capital City: San Jose (159,535 pop.) (1,715,485 metro pop.) Costa Rica Population: 4,695,942 (2013 est.) World Populations (all countries) Currency: Costa Rican ColÃ³n (CRC) (conversion rates) One Costa Rica ColÃ³n; Ethnicity: White (including mestizo) 94%, black 3%, Amerindian 1%, Chinese 1%, other 1% ; GDP total: $58.6 billion (2012 est.) GDP per capita: $12,600 (2012 est.) Land Sizes; Language: Spanish (official), English ; Largest Cities: (by population) San JosÃ©, Puerto LimÃ³n, San Francisco, Alajuela ; Name: Officially RepÃºblica de Costa Rica, Costa Rica means Rich Coast Independence Day: September 15